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iPhone 5 Will Likely Take Samsung Galaxy S II’s Fastest GPU Trophy

Cody Lee ∙ September 12, 2011

In the ever-changing world of Android handsets, there has been one device that has consistently stood out among the crowd — The Samsung Galaxy S II. The phone has been dominating European sales charts for several months, and has recently landed stateside.

Nearly 4 times as fast as the iPhone 4, the Galaxy S II's processor/GPU combo is the fastest in the industry according to Anandtech. But how will the speediest smartphone in the business stack up against Apple's yet-to-be-announced iPhone 5?

Soon You’ll Be Able to Run Linux on Your iDevice

Alex Heath ∙ August 29, 2011

Good news for fans of Tux the penguin: soon you'll be able to run the Linux operating system on your iDevice. A team of jailbreak developers has managed to run the open source Linux OS on Apple's A4-powered devices.

Who needs Android when you have Linux, right?

Is an Overheating A5 CPU Delaying the iPhone 5?

Oliver Haslam ∙ July 14, 2011

Do you have a rather large pinch of salt handy, perchance? You do? Then let us begin.

According to Chinese-language site Sohu.com, the lack of a new iPhone this year could be down to a manufacturing problem with the handset's fancy new A5 processor.

The problem, according to 9to5Mac, is that Apple's oh-so-clever iPhone engineers are having issues with the A5 CPU getting a tad warm, what with the iPhone being so small and space being at a premium...

Will Apple Drop Samsung for A6 Production in 2012?

Guest Author ∙ June 27, 2011

After a number of recent squabbles with Samsung, it seems Apple may be looking to distance itself from the company and move production of its 'A6' ARM processor to another chipmaker.

In a report published today, Ars Technica cites "numerous sources in the semiconductor industry" who claim Apple is likely to approach Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company to build the next-generation of its mobile processor in 2012 as the company aims to step away from its current partnerships with Samsung...

iPad 2 to Sport A5 Chip

Sébastien Page ∙ March 2, 2011

Apple gave the iPad 2 a new chip: the A5. While the power consumption is the same as that of A4, the CPU is 2 times faster, with graphics 9 times faster than its predecessor.